I have this problem with my Tablet Z, it does not scale movies to the correct aspect ratio/resolution when connected to my 1080p TV.
Since the Tablet Z has 1920*1200, watching a 1080p movie will show black bars at top and bottom on the tablet. But when connected to the 1920*1080 TV, there should be no black bars.
It WAS working on 4.1.2, 1080p movies filled the whole TV and was not squeezed (wide faces) like it has been since 4.2.2 and also with the new 4.3.
If I remember right also the UI was rendered more correctly in 4.1.2 and was not just a squeezed 1920*1200 on a 1920*1080 screen.
Any comments or ideas how to solve this annoying bug?
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I have this problem with my Tablet Z, it does not scale movies to the correct aspect ratio/resolution when connected to my 1080p TV.
Since the Tablet Z has 1920*1200, watching a 1080p movie will show black bars at top and bottom on the tablet. But when connected to the 1920*1080 TV, there should be no black bars.
It WAS working on 4.1.2, 1080p movies filled the whole TV and was not squeezed (wide faces) like it has been since 4.2.2 and also with the new 4.3.
If I remember right also the UI was rendered more correctly in 4.1.2 and was not just a squeezed 1920*1200 on a 1920*1080 screen.
Any comments or ideas how to solve this annoying bug?
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Try to play with MX player and change the aspect ratio freely.:thumbup:
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monivan said:
Try to play with MX player and change the aspect ratio freely.:thumbup:
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Thanks, tried with MX Player, but didnt get it to look as good as in 4.1.2. Anyway, photos and other stuff is still not displaying correctly.
It just seems strange that something that was working just fine in 4.1.2 has been messed up nin 4.2 and 4.3.
Did u try to change the MHL settings from Service setting?
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Did u try to change the MHL settings from Service setting?
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Yes, I have tried that.
Sony support knows about the problem and blames Google.
Users with Nexus 7 and 10 are having the same problem, but have been able to use apps to change screen resolution which in their case solved the problem.
I am rooted and have BusyBox so I have tried some of the apps and while I can have the Tablet Z to show 1920x1080 correct at it's screen, the TV is still showing a squeezed 1920x1200 image.
I find it rather strange that a (for me) very useful feature is broken in an update and Sony have no plans to fix it.
MHL settings from Service Setting
dape16 said:
Yes, I have tried that.
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Is the MHL settings from Service Setting always visible or only when a MHL cable is connected ?
ui10 said:
Is the MHL settings from Service Setting always visible or only when a MHL cable is connected ?
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It is always visible, but you have to disconnect and reconnect the MHL cable to apply new settings.
Related
So now we have an XBMC .apk http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772433
Has anyone else tried it? It works well for me. It works well with my TV via HDMI
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I'm running andowook with _motley's latest kernel.
I get very low volume, even if I go into sound and bump it up.
35 minutes into the movie, the app stopped for no reason.
docking and undocking seem to close the app
I haven't got green flickers yet, but I get the green flickers in openelec all the time, so thats not android specific.
For me it the audio on it is crap and sometimes the whole app flickers rapidly.
Maybe I need to reboot...
Subintro said:
For me it the audio on it is crap and sometimes the whole app flickers rapidly.
Maybe I need to reboot...
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Exact same here.
Can we move this to the Themes and Apps section btw?
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Exact same here.
Can we move this to the Themes and Apps section btw?
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I have tried it, mainly streaming video from my Serviio server and it works like a charm. What an amazing app. And it can only get better,
Definitely reboot. About the 3rd time I fired it up after installing some add ons it began running like a charm. The first time you use it there may be a very long start and turn off period. That's ok.
The XBMC interface is running smoothly on my TP.
When i try to stream (WiFI) a X264 movie with DTS over SMB it stutters like mad.
I hope this is because of network speed. I'll try to play the same movie over USB, i hope this works better.
But overall, it's its nice to see XBMC on my Prime
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Oh yeah, isn't it software decoding only? For now anyway
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The XBMC interface is running smoothly on my TP.
When i try to stream (WiFI) a X264 movie with DTS over SMB it stutters like mad.
I hope this is because of network speed. I'll try to play the same movie over USB, i hope this works better.
But overall, it's its nice to see XBMC on my Prime
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x264 skips like crazy with local files too.
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Oh yeah, isn't it software decoding only? For now anyway
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As far as I can tell, software only.
Installed the icefilms repo and watched full episode of Eureka. it took a restart of xbmc b4 it worked though. I am ging to try t compile this for my google tv. If it compiles i'm throwing my appletv through a window.
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It is software only. I have always used it as a content streamer though, not much as a local player.
I wonder if this can and will support HDMI CEC.
I gave it ago on my Prime running the stock rom, i was quite impressed with how well it worked.
I could map my SMB network shares on my Windows Home Server perfectly and XBMC would stream anything SD fine, 720p MKV played some what ok with random frame drops / jerkiness every couple of seconds, 1080p video was very jerky and not really any watchable.
Plugins such as the BBC iPlayer worked (sometimes buggy), YouTube and Ted Talks also worked very well.
Video overview of my experience here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmttML0LNm4
Very impressed so far, a big well done and thanks to the XBMC team :good:
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For me it the audio on it is crap and sometimes the whole app flickers rapidly.
Maybe I need to reboot...
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It does the flicker part on my TFP only if I go to the "Settings" option. Other thatn that it works.
I tested MP4, AVI and MKV formats yersterday. It lags with the MKV playback.
I am also getting alot of background flicker in xbmc. Then sometimes the screen goes black. Going to try a reboot to see if it goes away.
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with stock ROM 720p mkv is not watchable on my prime. Maybe final apk from xbmc.org will solve this
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with stock ROM 720p mkv is not watchable on my prime. Maybe final apk from xbmc.org will solve this
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I may be wrong but I believe that these versions of XBMC don't support hardware acceleration just yet. I haven't been on top of the development of this app but that tidbit was enough for me to wait for the final release.
github is here: https://github.com/xbmc/android/commits/android-rebase-8/
There are two builds AFAIK
zefie's: http://files.persona.cc/zefie/files/cell/androidapk/xbmc-unofficial/?C=M&O=D&S=&P=
and the one on miniland: https://www.miniand.com/forums/forums/1/topics/136
and no hardware acceleration.
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Exact same here.
Can we move this to the Themes and Apps section btw?
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I had the same issue... It's because somehow it doesn't work when your volume isn't at anything but 100%. If it's set to the loudest it can be, the sound works fine.
It's not dead yet. Plenty of ROM development going on in the dev section.
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XBMC 12 Frodo
Has anyone tried XBMC 12 Frodo RC3 on ATP? I have a TF201. I'm a long time user of XMBC since the original Xbox, and the app looks great. I'm very happy to see this. But unfortunately, with this version, the videos lag quite a bit and I get absolutely no audio. I've tried changing the audio out options and playing music/video with no luck. I did not yet try pushing the video/music out through HDMI yet, but not really much point yet.
Anyone else trying have experience with this?
I received my official Allshare cast dongle today and although it is working I can't seem to get videos that I play to appear on BOTH screens at the same time. On various youtube reviews/demos, I have seen people playing videos with it appearing on the TV and the GS3 screen simulaneously. When I play a video it only appears on the TV and on the GS3 screen I get either a black background (e.g. youtube player) or a black background with the allshare icon logo on it and the player controls (standard video player).
What do I need to do to get the video to appear on both screens at the same time?
Cheers,
Richard.
The only way is to install another video player because if you saw a video showing doing both then they been misleading you.
Im sure its possible. The YouTube videos i have seen are not just ones recorded at the official Galaxy S3 launch demo booths but also from a fair number of unofficial user demos using their home TV's. I doubt they are all deliberately faked.
Also the videos all use the standard built in Galaxy S3 video player too.
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I've got an Allshare Cast myself and it has no settings so Samsung must have fiddled it up to have both screens working because obviously it looks better in a booth with both displays running.
And I think Samsung turn the display off when watching videos because obviously you not gonna be watching both and it saves a load of power, so guess you just have to wait for someone to create a mod to get that done.
The Allshare cast does NOT mirror when playing video.
What worries me is when using the video player, it permanently leaves the Allshare logo on the screen. It is very very dim, but surely that could still result in screen burn after many hours of video watching this way!
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The Allshare cast does NOT mirror when playing video.
What worries me is when using the video player, it permanently leaves the Allshare logo on the screen. It is very very dim, but surely that could still result in screen burn after many hours of video watching this way!
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What are games like, any lag, do any work?
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What are games like, any lag, do any work?
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There is some lag, yes. It doesn't make games unplayable, but it could put you at a disadvantage for multiplayer. Some games which are currently free on the Samsung app store are free and have optimisations for this system. Modern Combat 3 maintains resolution but suffers framerate drops sometimes in dual screen mode. Asphalt 7 maintains framerate but lowers resolution when the screen gets busy. The TV displays the main game, and the phone has a map of the course which is quite cool.
There is a bit of luck here, as it depends on the quality of WiFi signal in your home and interference can affect how well this system works. Certainly it has its uses though and I suspect there will be firmware improvements for it.
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There is some lag, yes. It doesn't make games unplayable, but it could put you at a disadvantage for multiplayer. Some games which are currently free on the Samsung app store are free and have optimisations for this system. Modern Combat 3 maintains resolution but suffers framerate drops sometimes in dual screen mode. Asphalt 7 maintains framerate but lowers resolution when the screen gets busy. The TV displays the main game, and the phone has a map of the course which is quite cool.
There is a bit of luck here, as it depends on the quality of WiFi signal in your home and interference can affect how well this system works. Certainly it has its uses though and I suspect there will be firmware improvements for it.
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bugger, I wish they'd hurry up and release to TV version, I have a top of the range samsung tv which will work as the cast dongle when they get around to enabling it, i'm hoping latency will be slightly less too as its a straight hop to the TV bypassing the HDMI connections.
Allshare cast dongle experiences
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I received my official Allshare cast dongle today and although it is working I can't seem to get videos that I play to appear on BOTH screens at the same time. On various youtube reviews/demos, I have seen people playing videos with it appearing on the TV and the GS3 screen simulaneously. When I play a video it only appears on the TV and on the GS3 screen I get either a black background (e.g. youtube player) or a black background with the allshare icon logo on it and the player controls (standard video player).
What do I need to do to get the video to appear on both screens at the same time?
Cheers,
Richard.
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Hi, I have had my dongle for a few weeks now. Few problems and very upset with lack of support from samsung. I read you're message while trying to solve my issues. I have just used vlc player from the market and it plays video on screen and the tv together. Hope it helps. Wonder if you know how to make the image fit the my tv screen, it cuts edges of at the moment. Thanks and good luck
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Hi, I have had my dongle for a few weeks now. Few problems and very upset with lack of support from samsung. I read you're message while trying to solve my issues. I have just used vlc player from the market and it plays video on screen and the tv together. Hope it helps. Wonder if you know how to make the image fit the my tv screen, it cuts edges of at the moment. Thanks and good luck
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Thanks. Yes I since discovered that VLC let you do the mirrored playback after looking very closely at some youtube videos that demonstrated this mode.
Out of interest what other problems are you having? I haven't had time to test mine all that much yet. One thing that annoys me is that there is no on/off button so I have to unplug it to turn it off (I have it hooked up to my HDMI auto switch).
I can't get it to fit tv properly, sometimes requires two or three attempts to connect. Streaming Iplayer has audio sync problems, there is no alternative for audio out to a sound system and today it disconnected and refused to connect for ages. Had to unplug and reset with button at least 3 times. When is first got it my phone had no option for allshare and Samsung don't have any support on it. No one could tell me that I had to update through Kies on my desktop to get this option. All in all I do like it and use it loads, I'm just hoping the new official jb firmware will increase stability. Funny enough the guy I bought it of on ebay here in Turkey emailed me asking for confirmation it works as he has had loads of negative feedback from selling them. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt Samsung to create some support pages. But as usual xda dev prevails.
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I have noticed that if you change channel on the phone it automatically disconnects the allshare connection. I never turn it off for this reason. But not very eco friendly I know.
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There is a firmware update in the Samsung app store for the allshare cast dongle, available today. So far, there is a rapid connection established to the unit, stable. Sound issues also are resolved so far. Great update.
Hi, I just got a samsung smart tv and after the salesman told me i could control it with 'any' smartphone i was disappointed to find the samsung remote app is incompatible with my XS on google play however after a bit of googling i found an apk and installed it but it dosent run fullscreen.
Is there a modded version of this app that is fullscreen? or is there some way to force a resolution so it will be fullscreen?
If not could someone point me in the right direction to modding this app into fullscreen?
Thanks for any help :fingers-crossed:
Finally found a version that is fullscreen, its called samsung smartview instead of remote (hence why it eluded my searches) :victory:
Its 40mb so i cant upload it to xda but this is where i found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808189&highlight=samsung+remote
Hope this helps anyone else suffering the same issue (works like a dream on S3 too)
Try an XDA wide search. There should be some other phones with the app that have tried to get it working. I wish my Sony TV had wifi so that I could use the remote app to control it, but I didnt wanna pay 700 dollars for the version with wifi.
I have done that and I only found either versions that don't work or that still pose the same problem.
Thanks anyway
No Solution?
I presume from the lack of replies that this obviously cant be done. Shame.
hmm it's compatible from play on my U thats weird =\
or is this not it?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.remoteTV&hl=en
Did you try the version from the S3.
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Did you try the version from the S3.
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Sorry I don't follow..
If your TV sonehow can connect to Ibternet WiFi/Cable (LAN) than you just connect your phone to the WiFi (Same network of course) and voila!Tried it,worked fine on mine and I also have the Samsung TV.
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The S3 has the same issue, due to the resolution of the screen.
on play it says this: 'This app is optimized for WVGA(800*480) resolution screen.
The app may not display properly in HVGA(320*480) or QVGA(240*320) resolution.'
What i want to know is there some way that this can be worked around or will i just have to put up with the screen not being filled. check the screens' to see what i mean.
Its compatable with the U as its resolution is 854x480 so it'll work wheras the S is 1280x720
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The S3 has the same issue, due to the resolution of the screen.
on play it says this: 'This app is optimized for WVGA(800*480) resolution screen.
The app may not display properly in HVGA(320*480) or QVGA(240*320) resolution.'
What i want to know is there some way that this can be worked around or will i just have to put up with the screen not being filled. check the screens' to see what i mean.
Its compatable with the U as its resolution is 854x480 so it'll work wheras the S is 1280x720
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Use this one for Galaxy S3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/app-samsung-smart-view-dual-view-t1808189
Hi guys. I have a problem with Hdmi. I connect the phone and the tv, but the tv says 'no signal' . The phone recognizes it, kinda. The 'hdmi connected' appears in the statusbar but disappears in 1 second. Then appears again and so on..
On ICS it worked perfectly, so its not the cable nor the tv. Any idea?
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Hi guys. I have a problem with Hdmi. I connect the phone and the tv, but the tv says 'no signal' . The phone recognizes it, kinda. The 'hdmi connected' appears in the statusbar but disappears in 1 second. Then appears again and so on..
On ICS it worked perfectly, so its not the cable nor the tv. Any idea?
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Have the same problem here. The connection seems buggy :-\
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Same problem for me
Hi guys I also have the same problem on JB Stock 6.2.A.1.100....What to do? any ideas?
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Hi guys I also have the same problem on JB Stock 6.2.A.1.100....What to do? any ideas?
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I don't realy use it, and I don't have a TV but it worked just fine with my screen when I tested it.
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I don't realy use it, and I don't have a TV but it worked just fine with my screen when I tested it.
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are you using JB Stock 6.2.A.1.100???
Any tv launcher other than the default installed?
I also didn't try it on tv yet.But its not even working on my screen.Any solution?
Maybe the issue has something to do with the HDMI port or cable.. Because mine runs just fine, even when on custom ROMs..
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are you using JB Stock 6.2.A.1.100???
Any tv launcher other than the default installed?
I also didn't try it on tv yet.But its not even working on my screen.Any solution?
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Yes 6.2.A.1.100, default tv launcer.
Maybe it's in the tv settings, becayse the same happen with my screen when the DVI port is selected, the the tv launcger comes up then it close until I select the HDMI port as input, then it come up again.
Some more information....
I tried my new hdmi to vga converter in a Acro S(lt26i) with 6.2.B.0.211 and worked successfully...But I tried it in 3 xperia Ps but the same problem...it will detect but then go off.After 1 sec again it detect and again go off.....I tried in ICS and JB...I think its a kind of bug or something....
Hi Guys,
Thinking about getting one of these and a real dealbreaker for me is whether or not it will run XBMC and if there are any known issues. Can anyone confirm if XBMC will run on this tablet??
Thanks in advance.
Steven
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iceman89610 said:
Hi Guys,
Thinking about getting one of these and a real dealbreaker for me is whether or not it will run XBMC and if there are any known issues. Can anyone confirm if XBMC will run on this tablet??
Thanks in advance.
Steven
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Yes it runs. But you have to check the right Version, or you get problems with fullhd movies.
Also i had an audio offset, but in the option i adjust the offset and confirm this to all movies.
I don`t watch movies on the Tablet (i prefer a bigger screen ) but watching music videos on it is really cool.
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Yes it runs. But you have to check the right Version, or you get problems with fullhd movies.
Also i had an audio offset, but in the option i adjust the offset and confirm this to all movies.
I don`t watch movies on the Tablet (i prefer a bigger screen ) but watching music videos on it is really cool.
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I use it, but for a smooth experience I had to go for 13.0 (currently alpha eight) and that works just fine for me.
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I use it, but for a smooth experience I had to go for 13.0 (currently alpha eight) and that works just fine for me.
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Thanks, seems to work
Tested it, works like a charm BUT you must use version 13 for HD playback, as said before.